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Subject: [ROOTS-L] Social Security Numbers
In the early days there were not many local offices around the country. If you
didn't live near one you signed up for your Social Security number with your
employer who would then mail it in. In some instances the employer would send
them to a coporate office which would then send the applications to their local
Social Security office. In my town in northern Michigan many young women got
their first job at the local dimestore and applied for their Social Security
number at the same time. The applications were sent to the corporate office in
New York and all those Michigan women ended up with "New York" numbers
(beginning with a 100 series rather than 300 for Michigan). For years they
wondered why they ended up with such different numbers than their non-dimestore
friends!
Larry